# Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 9, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108 "2021-07-09T17:50:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 66
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1301 "2022-05-24T15:44:30Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > And now I think I have the theme stong stuck in my head. Have you thrown your dog an invisible bone? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1302 "2022-05-24T16:03:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Also watching: _The Pentaverate_ . Now finished. It was…nice. Not hilarious, not earthshattering, but surprisingly nice. Make sure you hang on for the final post-credits scene in the last episode (the one featuring an old clip of Mike Myers, which adds sudden personal context to the whole series). ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1303 "2022-05-24T18:10:15Z")
A bit disappointed in the new _Barry_ season. Some good bits to be sure but the balance is way to the dark of dark humor. More serious and sad. It had previously been so amazing is the thing. _Hacks_ S1 was okay, not great, but S2 has fallen off from there. They’ll both stay on my mental list but not rushing to catch up with dropped eps. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1304 "2022-05-24T18:33:22Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > A bit disappointed in the new _Barry_ season. I know what you mean. It’s still good, but doesn’t clear the high bar they set for themselves previously. They might have to change the title to “Hank,” as this season seems to be more about him than Barry. (I’m still an episode or two behind though, so no spoilers please!) Henry Winkler has outdone himself this season, though. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1305 "2022-05-24T19:43:35Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > _Hacks_ S1 was okay, not great, but S2 has fallen off from there. I liked S1 more than you and S2 a LOT more than you. I think the main two characters and their relationship are fantastic. Some of the side characters aren’t nearly as entertaining as the show seems to think they are. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1306 "2022-05-24T20:20:26Z")
I agree, especially about “Hacks”, although I’ve only seen a couple of episodes. I think Jean Smart is a brilliant actor, but it seems the writing got lazy. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1307 "2022-05-24T20:28:42Z")
Never saw _Suicide Squad_ so that doesn’t help! I don’t mind dark and violent. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1308 "2022-05-24T20:34:24Z")
Yep to both you and @DSeid . It’s worth watching, but not as good as the first two seasons. We are enjoying Noho Hank and Henry Winkler has been outstanding. The storyline just isn’t as good. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1309 "2022-05-25T01:37:40Z")
I’ve enjoyed **Monk** on Peacock. Missed it on its USA Network run. The plots are silly but the characters are a lot of fun. Generally Monk knows the killer early in the show but the fun is in how he proves the case with the most obscure details. The show is kinda like Felix Unger as the Batman. I was hoping **Big Sky** would get cancelled. The first season was great but after then it just got too complicated and hard to follow. I gave up on **The Queen’s Gambit**. I know it’s gotten all kinds of praise and all that but just could not get involved. Ditto for **Stranger Things**. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1310 "2022-05-25T01:43:23Z")
Starting _We Own This City_ on HBOmax, kind of a _The Wire_ precursor, executive produced by David Simon himself. ---
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1311 "2022-05-25T01:46:50Z")
Just finished Damnation on Netflix. We liked it. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1312 "2022-05-25T02:00:38Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I was hoping **Big Sky** would get cancelled. The first season was great but after then it just got too complicated and hard to follow. I liked the first season, but stopped watching partway through the second season for exactly that reason. According to Wikipedia it’s been renewed for a third season. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1313 "2022-05-25T05:32:29Z")
I didn’t find it too hard to follow, but it’s true they keep introducing new characters and story lines before wrapping up previous ones, and it’s become kind of a big sprawling mess. The season 2 finale was disappointingly anticlimactic. I may or may not continue with season 3. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1314 "2022-05-25T14:03:14Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > > [@BobLibDem](#): > > > > I was hoping **Big Sky** would get cancelled. The first season was great but after then it just got too complicated and hard to follow. > > I liked the first season, but stopped watching partway through the second season for exactly that reason. According to Wikipedia it’s been renewed for a third season. I agree! I loved the first season, but got lost somewhere in the second. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1315 "2022-05-25T20:29:37Z")
Well I’ve kept with \*Barry \*and ep5 has turned the corner for me. The acting has always been amazing. Not sure what exactly made ep5 hit more the balance of tragedy with dark absurdist comic notes. But it does. Some maybe small things that changed my perception of the characters to more fully fleshed entities that I am interested in again. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1316 "2022-05-25T21:07:12Z")
We recently binged _Inventing Anna_, _The Dropout_, and _Dopesick_. They were all entertaining, but I got very frustrated with _Dopesick_. It had the potential to be the most engaging of the three, but the ridiculous time-shifting storyline was a serious impediment to creating anything resembling a cohesive narrative. I can sorta-kinda see why they took that approach, but the execution was off-putting in the extreme. We quickly gave up trying to understand what year we were in, and just figured out a rough approximation based on what was happening to the characters. I hate it when a compelling story gets sidetracked for completely avoidable reasons. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1317 "2022-05-25T21:24:59Z")
Finishing up the series Good Girls. Wife and I like to watch a show during dinner that is not thinky. This one requires more deliberate not thinking to enjoy. I don’t recommend it to anyone who is interested in plot, realism, or good acting. Also been watching Young Rock. If you’re not a wrestling fan or Rock fan this show is not for you. I don’t know if the show is for anybody really. Just another non-thinky show if you’re into that. Hacks has started a new season. Most shows are better than I expected. Jean Smart is really working the part, I don’t think she had many good roles but this one is worth the watch. Her co-star Hannah Einbinder is doing a great job also. She happens to be the daughter of Larraine Newman from the original SNL cast. This is a show about a love/hate relationship between an aging comic and a millennia writer. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1318 "2022-05-25T22:01:03Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Jean Smart is really working the part, I don’t think she had many good roles but this one is worth the watch. I haven’t seen _Hacks_ but Jean Smart has been fucking nailing it lately - see _Watchmen_ and _Legion_ for recent standout roles. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1319 "2022-05-25T22:12:58Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I haven’t seen _Hacks_ but Jean Smart has been fucking nailing it lately - see _Watchmen_ and _Legion_ for recent standout roles. And _Mare of Easttown_ ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/1320 "2022-05-26T02:18:29Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Well I’ve kept with \*Barry \*and ep5 has turned the corner for me. I hope so! We typically watch one series episode each night, and #5 of Barry is tonight. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=65) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108.md?page=67)